An Iconic Venue
St James? Church, just south of Mayfair, is really quite special. Beyond the religious duties that St James’ carries out, it has also become a celebrated concert space – in part due to its wonderful acoustics – and prides itself on its busy performance schedule. Throughout the year, both lunchtime and evening recitals delight a loyal audience, who come in from the nearby exclusive neighbourhoods of London: Mayfair, Belgravia, and Marylebone.

REM in Concert
A particularly noteworthy performance to have graced the venue in September 2004, REM recorded a selection of tracks from the iconic institution as part of a secret show for Radio 2. The invitation-only show was held to promote the band’s album Around the Sun and featured tracks that had never been heard before.
Architecture
Part of the magic of St James? is the setting. The church was designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren, the famous architect behind the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, in which students still graduate to this day, and London?s iconic St Paul?s Cathedral. Consecrated on 13th July 1684 by Henry Compton, the Bishop of London, St James? Church has been central to the community ever since, despite suffering heavy damage under enemy bombing during the Second World War.
 
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Rebuilt under the watchful gaze of architect, Sir Albert Richardson, it is no wonder the setting renders the concerts so wonderful: St Ja...